Source for New York Post's Hunter Biden Story Sues Twitter for <i>$500 Million</i> for Defamatory Claim That He's a "Hacker"

Source for New York Post's Hunter Biden Story Sues Twitter for $500 Million for Defamatory Claim That He's a "Hacker"

A Delaware computer repair shop owner sued Twitter, alleging the social network defamed him by effectively labeling him a "hacker" after his business was cited as the source for info obtained from a laptop allegedly owned by Hunter Biden that served as the basis for several New York Post articles published in October.
In the lawsuit (at this link), John Paul Mac Isaac said he was forced to shut down the Mac Shop, his computer repair business in Wilmington, Del., after Twitter said the NY Post stories violated its "hacked materials" policy and initially disallowed users from sharing links to them....

Mac Issac is demanding $500 million in punitive damages from Twitter plus unspecified compensatory damages and lawyers' fees, as well as an order forcing Twitter to "make a public retraction of all false statements."
...
"Plaintiff is not a hacker and the information obtained from the computer does not [constitute] hacked materials because Plaintiff lawfully gained access to the computer," the lawsuit says. As a result of Twitter's citing its "hacked materials" policy for blocking the Post's articles, Mac Isaac's complaint says he "is now widely considered a hacker" and received negative online reviews and threats against his person and property. He claims he was ultimately forced to shutter the Mac Shop.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

I wonder if he'll be suing Jake Tapper and the CNN/DNC Cartel or labeling him, by inference, part of a Russian disinformation campaign.

Posted by: Ace at 07:07 PM

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1 Thank God

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 29, 2020 07:06 PM (kTF2Z)

2 For the new thread, I mean.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 29, 2020 07:07 PM (kTF2Z)

3 I'll get the corgis.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 29, 2020 07:07 PM (kTF2Z)

4 Sue em till they bleed.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2020 07:07 PM (z79tQ)

5 Echo echo echo.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 29, 2020 07:07 PM (kTF2Z)

6 Good lawyer?

Posted by: davidt at December 29, 2020 07:08 PM (l3+k2)

7 Half a billion is a good starting point.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:08 PM (KZzsI)

8
Me and the other kids were expecting bats.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 29, 2020 07:08 PM (+OPjz)

9 This makes me as happy as the Gilligans Island Theme song.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at December 29, 2020 07:08 PM (Dz5W3)

10 $500 mil is a bit low.

Can't he also ask for the Board to be trans'd?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (/Dgcm)

11 Fvck 'em - I hope he bleeds 'em dry.

Posted by: Endeavor To Persevere at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (hNICT)

12 Nope. He has No Standing.

Posted by: tubal at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (bCLt0)

13 Hope he wins.

Posted by: JROD at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (0jZnq)

14 Twitter delenda est

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (ONvIw)

15 This is excellent, I'm making popcorn.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (qZdIZ)

16 Take all the fucking money. All. Of. It.
Fuck them where they breathe

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (IYHxL)

17
In b4 he has No Standing!

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (+OPjz)

18
Almost immediate update, Ace.

Judge dismisses the case almost immediately upon filing

https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/29/judge-dismisses-

lawsuit-filed-computer-shop-owner-hunter-bidens-

laptop-day-filed/">

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (s2VJv)

19 What is the status on those Covington Kids lawsuits? I still say they settled way too low with CNN. They should have included some clauses like "must fire Wolf Blitzer.. out of a cannon into a volcano"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (KZzsI)

20 Take down Tappy too

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (ONvIw)

21 It was a parody.

Higher standard as you are famous.

Posted by: Judge Pakalolo at December 29, 2020 07:10 PM (/Dgcm)

22 off inga sock.

and dammit, I finally made a funny and got willowed

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2020 07:10 PM (W2Pud)

23 Good.

More please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 29, 2020 07:10 PM (R/m4+)

24
Boldly walks in and checks for trannys ..

looks

declare the tranny topic dead

Posted by: will choose a nic later at December 29, 2020 07:10 PM (r4bSV)

25 17
In b4 he has No Standing!
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (+OPjz)

You were " that" close!

Posted by: tubal at December 29, 2020 07:10 PM (bCLt0)

26 The case was rejeected on a pissant legal technicality:

Judge Beth Bloom dismissed the case Monday. Bloom said that the court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case because Isaac "fail[ed] to allege complete diversity," which means that all the plaintiffs and all the defendants must be from different states. Because Twitter is headquartered in Delaware and Isaac is a Delaware resident, the complete diversity requirement is not met, Bloom said.

So it can be re-filed again with the correct paperwork

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:11 PM (KZzsI)

27 Fight. Bigotry. Stay safe.

Posted by: Jake Crapper at December 29, 2020 07:11 PM (W4eKo)

28 >>and dammit, I finally made a funny and got willowed
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2020 07:10

I make willowed poopy too

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 29, 2020 07:11 PM (r4bSV)

29 In b4 he has No Standing!
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (+OPjz)

Almost immediate update, Ace.

Judge dismisses the case almost immediately upon filing

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Wow. I'm good.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 29, 2020 07:12 PM (+OPjz)

30 Yawn.

"It worked, didn't it?"

Actually, impossible to say that. There's no press, but also seemingly no electorate any more. At least one with the sense to be citizens.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2020 07:12 PM (OTzUX)

31 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (s2VJv)

Moot thread. Much like the rule of law.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2020 07:12 PM (z79tQ)

32 They should have included some clauses like "must fire Wolf Blitzer.. out of a cannon into a volcano"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (KZzsI)

Ok, I actually pictured that and smiled, but I've watched a lot of RoadRunner cartoons.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at December 29, 2020 07:12 PM (Dz5W3)

33 declare the tranny topic dead
Posted by: will choose a nic later at December 29, 2020 07:10 PM (r4bSV)

The gheytriarchy !

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 29, 2020 07:12 PM (M+Lyo)

34 For the new thread, I mean.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 29, 2020 07:07 PM (kTF2Z)

++++
Moving from the topic of transsexual dating problems to Hunter Biden escapades is a lot more wholesome and pure.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 29, 2020 07:12 PM (66BnU)

35 pissant legal technicality

Diversity jurisdiction and incomplete diversity is just bedrock federal practice. His lawyers are fucking idiots.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 29, 2020 07:13 PM (H5knJ)

36 Twitter needs to die.

Posted by: Jewells45TRUMPWON! at December 29, 2020 07:13 PM (nxdel)

37 Almost immediate update, Ace.

Judge dismisses the case almost immediately upon filing

***
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2020 07:09 PM (s2VJv)

He failed to allege diversity of parties, the baseline requirement for the district court to assert jdx. No prejudice-the clerk probably spotted it and dismissed immediately. If there is diversity, it's simple to amend and refile. If there's no diversity, he needs to file in state court.

Posted by: LASue, Pres. Elect at December 29, 2020 07:13 PM (Ed8Zd)

38 So it can be re-filed again with the correct paperwork

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:11 PM (KZzsI)

Pretty much. All it said is "Wrong courthouse," it says nothing to the merits of the claim.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy a Monotonous Languor, get an Enormous Ennui half off at The Outrage Outlet! at December 29, 2020 07:13 PM (0QYMt)

39 The case was rejeected on a pissant legal technicality:

Judge Beth Bloom dismissed the case Monday. Bloom said that the
court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case because
Isaac "fail[ed] to allege complete diversity," which means that all the
plaintiffs and all the defendants must be from different states.
Because Twitter is headquartered in Delaware and Isaac is a Delaware
resident, the complete diversity requirement is not met, Bloom said.

So it can be re-filed again with the correct paperwork

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:11 PM (KZzsI)

Of course and I'm sure the bitch will continue to side with Twatter.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 29, 2020 07:13 PM (UnQ9z)

40 You were " that" close!
Posted by: tubal

overruled.

he didn't have standing in that court

Posted by: x at December 29, 2020 07:13 PM (0tE/i)

41 Ok, I actually pictured that and smiled, but I've watched a lot of RoadRunner cartoons.

My muse communicates exclusively in meeps

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:14 PM (KZzsI)

42
These are not the bats you're looking for.

Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi at December 29, 2020 07:14 PM (+OPjz)

43
Screw the $500m.

I'd sue for @Jack to agree to be dropped on Wrangel Island to live the remainder of his days fighting bears for seal-meat, and for his Indian wench to be delivered to my residence in chains, and she has to have pork rinds and hot sauce when she gets there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2020 07:14 PM (Bvn1K)

44
Posted by: Cocksucker at December 29, 2020 07:14 PM (nUja2)

Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi at December 29, 2020 07:15 PM (+OPjz)

45 Russia's GDP is less than NY States.
Damn those Russkies can stretch a rubel.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2020 07:15 PM (76AFv)

46 Guys, Guys

you gotta check out chubby chaser dot com

lots of action from the trump hating ladies there

hubba, hubba

Posted by: Lt Col A. Vindman at December 29, 2020 07:15 PM (r4bSV)

47 Of course and I'm sure the bitch will continue to side with Twatter.

I'm certain of it, probably rule the computer guy has to pay Twitter. There is no justice left in America that you do not make yourself.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:15 PM (KZzsI)

48 No prejudice-the clerk probably spotted it and dismissed immediately. If there is diversity, it's simple to amend and refile. If there's no diversity, he needs to file in state court.

Posted by: LASue, Pres. Elect at December 29, 2020 07:13 PM (Ed8Zd)

Shouldn't his lawyer have known that? Fired.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at December 29, 2020 07:15 PM (Dz5W3)

49 $500 million?

Fucking pikers....

Go for their goddamn throat. Jack has $500 million in his cigar box under the bed, next to the weed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2020 07:16 PM (3H9h1)

50 You chumps should know that my constituency had nothing to do with these turn of events. You have my word as a Biden!

Posted by: Honest Joe at December 29, 2020 07:16 PM (WOYcU)

51 Because Twitter is headquartered in Delaware and Isaac is a Delaware

Internet thinks Twitter is headquarters in San Fran.

Posted by: Judge Pakalolo at December 29, 2020 07:17 PM (/Dgcm)

52 Oh, in other mildly comical "yeah, get 'em!!" newz, "conservative" groups pushing Buck (CO) to be ranking member on House panel that would deal with anti-trust action against Big Tech.

Yep, with a Dem House and WH, "big tech" better be shaking in their crocs.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2020 07:17 PM (OTzUX)

53 It was all out war against any truth that might help Trump. I'd rather have heads on pikes and Four More Years of Trump. $500M here and there is nice punishment, but the DeepState mafia doesn't care about that ... if they get POTUS, that is worth trillions.

The election is everything ... they knew it, they went to war, our GOPe is "with them". There is no compensation that is enough to make up for the Coup that stole America. Hangings and prison ... grand theft country, last light of freedom.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2020 07:17 PM (Cus5s)

54 Shouldn't his lawyer have known that? Fired.

I agree, time to trade up for a better lawyer. With that kind of potential payout and publicity, he should be able to find someone better. This isn't the time to use the guy that family got to draw up their will.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:17 PM (KZzsI)

55 This guy's lawyers messed up if he got bounced out of court on subject matter jurisdiction due to lack of diversity. If he can't allege diversity, or a federal cause of action, he needs to re-file in Delaware state court.

Posted by: Revenant at December 29, 2020 07:17 PM (//ATM)

56 I'm certain of it, probably rule the computer guy has to pay Twitter.
There is no justice left in America that you do not make yourself.

More people are getting it - the rules as written don't mean a damn thing. Those who refuse to see it at this point never will.

Posted by: Endeavor To Persevere at December 29, 2020 07:18 PM (hNICT)

57 Hi.

Sorry for being so scarce here lately. I am settled in Arizona now, and have been busy unpacking boxes. I am grateful every single day that I am out of California, and out of Hair Boy's oppressive jurisdiction.

Arizona may have weird politics, considering McCain and all, but I will put my thumb on the scales as I can. I do not include the last election, because Arizonans clearly voted for Trump, and something bad happened to make that not the official result.

I used all my vacation time on the move, but I'll see if I have accumulated one day to get my ass to the statehouse on Jan 6. We need to make a showing.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:18 PM (RzGcW)

58
Hola, Splunge.
There's a "hearing" in AZ, tomorrow, I think.

Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi at December 29, 2020 07:19 PM (+OPjz)

59 I hope he gets it and more. Lawyers are not having a problem with unemployment these days.

Posted by: dartist at December 29, 2020 07:20 PM (+ya+t)

60 If I had the opportunity to sue Twitter or any of those asshole SM companies it would be named after me when I got through.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at December 29, 2020 07:20 PM (Dz5W3)

61 All it said is "Wrong courthouse," it says nothing to the merits of the claim.

Hardest hit: the dipstick troll crowing that ace sucked

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:21 PM (KZzsI)

62 I used all my vacation time on the move, but I'll see if I have accumulated one day to get my ass to the statehouse on Jan 6. We need to make a showing.
Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:18 PM (RzGcW)
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Whereabouts in AZ?

I lived in Gilbert, AZ, for three years and loved it. But, mom wasn't getting any younger, so, back to CA I went.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at December 29, 2020 07:21 PM (WEBkv)

63 Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:18 PM (RzGcW)

I'm so jealous right now.

Posted by: Jewells45TRUMPWON! at December 29, 2020 07:21 PM (nxdel)

64 oh man

I totes missed the tranny thread

next time boys

Posted by: Elliot W. Page at December 29, 2020 07:21 PM (r4bSV)

65 41 Now that is fucking funny. Did this clown use Trump's lawyers?
Posted by: Ace is terrible at this at December 29, 2020 07:14 PM (nUja2)

No, he used Stalin's judges.

Even funnier, n'est ce pas?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2020 07:21 PM (s2VJv)

66 If I had the opportunity to sue Twitter or any of those asshole SM companies it would be named after me when I got through.

"Due to the lawsuit filed by Cannibal Bob, from now on we must refer to ourselves as "Twat" and hit ourselves in the face with a brick before we get paid"
--Spokesman for the business formerly known as Twitter

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:22 PM (KZzsI)

67 59
Hola, Splunge.
There's a "hearing" in AZ, tomorrow, I think.
Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi at December 29, 2020 07:19 PM (+OPjz)

Thanks, will check that out.

Where I'm living now is clearly Trump country. Our new place has a basketball hoop, which is of no use to me, but it's mounted on a big-ass pole that demands a big-ass American flag. Working on it. At least two of my neighbors have such flags. F*ck California.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:22 PM (RzGcW)

68 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:17 PM (KZzsI)

Hey, we're in sync tonight. Wattaya drinking Chris?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at December 29, 2020 07:22 PM (Dz5W3)

69 I wonder if he'll be suing Jake Tapper and the CNN/DNC Cartel or labeling him, by inference, part of a Russian disinformation campaign.

Posted by: Ace at 07:07 PM

Heck, I've always thought *Russia* should be suing these people for their lies about Russia. I would completely understand if they did.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at December 29, 2020 07:22 PM (OssQ4)

70 What's Tater's Take™ on this?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 29, 2020 07:23 PM (DMUuz)

71 Lin Wood is not available...he's too busy tweeting.

Posted by: Braenyard looking for the AT&T manifesto at December 29, 2020 07:23 PM (CZm2G)

72 62 Whereabouts in AZ?

I lived in Gilbert, AZ, for three years and loved it. But, mom wasn't getting any younger, so, back to CA I went.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at December 29, 2020 07:21 PM (WEBkv)

I am now done with hiding, so I will answer your question exactly: I am in Cave Creek.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:23 PM (RzGcW)

73 Mac users are hysterical. Watch.

Posted by: klaftern at December 29, 2020 07:23 PM (RuIsu)

74 Is McConnell doing something good for Trump (and us!)? Bill tying $2000 relief to section 230 repeal and election fraud committee creation?

Related: Is that a pig flying by my window?

Posted by: LASue, Pres. Elect at December 29, 2020 07:23 PM (Ed8Zd)

75 Splunge! Been through Cave Creek many times. Beautiful area!!

Posted by: Jewells45TRUMPWON! at December 29, 2020 07:24 PM (nxdel)

76 I'd sue for @Jack to agree to be dropped on Wrangel Island to live the remainder of his days fighting bears for seal-meat, and for his Indian wench to be delivered to my residence in chains, and she has to have pork rinds and hot sauce when she gets there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2020 07:14 PM (Bvn1K)

Am I the only one who doesn't get a wench? If I could I'd like to request a fetching wench so she can fetch things for me.

Posted by: Northernlurker, surgite at December 29, 2020 07:24 PM (lgiXo)

77 know what he"ll get?

$20, same as in town

Posted by: Guy who always say $20, same as in town. at December 29, 2020 07:24 PM (hNjgQ)

78 One thing the left does very well is judge shop.
The case may be shit, but get in front of a judge who likes press, skiing and whores and your half way home.
Juries are another art form that the left is good at seating.
From bumper stickers to voting rolls, they check out the whole list.
Got a "Trump" flag in your front yard, they know about it.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 29, 2020 07:25 PM (R/m4+)

79
Is there a cave and a creek, there?

Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi at December 29, 2020 07:25 PM (+OPjz)

80 Mexicans down the street with their big ass American flag still have their Latinos for Trump sign displayed.

Posted by: Braenyard looking for the AT&T manifesto at December 29, 2020 07:25 PM (CZm2G)

81 63 Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:18 PM (RzGcW)

I'm so jealous right now.
Posted by: Jewells45TRUMPWON! at December 29, 2020 07:21 PM (nxdel)

Jewells, there's plenty of vacant land here. Just saying.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:25 PM (RzGcW)

82 My lawsuit would require Tater be incorporated in Sh'mores.

Posted by: Northernlurker, surgite at December 29, 2020 07:26 PM (lgiXo)

83 I am now done with hiding, so I will answer your question exactly: I am in Cave Creek.
Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:23 PM (RzGcW)
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Very nice.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at December 29, 2020 07:26 PM (WEBkv)

84
Twitter Jack needs a blanket party, someday.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 29, 2020 07:26 PM (+OPjz)

85 The last picture I saw of Jack@Twitter, he looked like he was well on his way to late stage Howard Hughes.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 29, 2020 07:27 PM (koO5h)

86 - the rules as written don't mean a damn thing.
Posted by: Endeavor To Persevere at December 29, 2020 07:18 PM

Not true. They mean exactly what we want them to mean at any given time; no more, no less.

Posted by: The Elite at December 29, 2020 07:27 PM (DMUuz)

87 If only we had an honest congress that could actually help move to labeling twatter/fb/YT publishers instead of a platform. By the time this might actually happen, they'll have deplatformed anybody that could do it.

Too many "conservative" people are thinking getting rid of sec 230 would be a good thing, instead of actually implementing it. Big tech would love nothing more than eliminate that anvil hanging over their heads.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with extra America is DOOMED! at December 29, 2020 07:27 PM (L8ADy)

88 >>>What's Tater's Take on this?<<<
Do you know why Tater's hands are always so smooth and creamy?
Farm fresh butter.

Posted by: Honest Joe at December 29, 2020 07:27 PM (WOYcU)

89 79
Is there a cave and a creek, there?
Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi at December 29, 2020 07:25 PM (+OPjz)

Apparently so, but on private property. One can tour the original cave by arrangement, but it's all been shut down for Covid, for a while. Creeks don't seem to be a thing here, it's more that you can tell where the water has gone during the last monsoon, and where it will go during the next monsoon.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:27 PM (RzGcW)

90
I have a powerful dislike of Dorsey. I don't have a lot of love for any of the SV douchebags, but he really irritates me.

First of all, because Twitter is a moneypit he's gotten rich from, and secondly, I can't take the scruffy nerd routine he does.

You're a ruthless billionaire technocrat. Dress your age.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2020 07:28 PM (Bvn1K)

91 Chanel Rion OAN Retweeted
Team Trump @TeamTrump

We are presenting evidence of fraud at hearings in many states across the country.
We encourage these states to call SPECIAL SESSIONS immediately.

Contact your legislators - demand they ACT NOW!

GA: 404- 656-1776
WI: 608- 257-4765
MI: 517- 373-0135
AZ: 602- 542-4331

Posted by: Braenyard looking for the AT&T manifesto at December 29, 2020 07:28 PM (CZm2G)

92 43
Screw the $500m.

I'd sue for @Jack to agree to be dropped on Wrangel Island to live the remainder of his days fighting bears for seal-meat, and for his Indian wench to be delivered to my residence in chains, and she has to have pork rinds and hot sauce when she gets there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2020 07:14 PM (Bvn1K)

***********

Hey look! A seal that walks on two legs!

Posted by: The Polar Bears On Wrangel Island at December 29, 2020 07:28 PM (xxG/v)

93 75 Splunge! Been through Cave Creek many times. Beautiful area!!
Posted by: Jewells45TRUMPWON! at December 29, 2020 07:24 PM (nxdel)

Awesome. I want to hear that story when next we meet. It is indeed beautiful.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:29 PM (RzGcW)

94 Hey, we're in sync tonight. Wattaya drinking Chris?

I'm hitting the hard stuff: blackberry carbonated water

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:30 PM (KZzsI)

95 And don't stop with just one Twatter employee, too!

We all appreciate the late-Christmas gifts, too!

Posted by: The Polar Bears On Wrangel Island at December 29, 2020 07:30 PM (xxG/v)

96 True fact: put Tater in a sauna and use the runoff in your deep fryer.

Posted by: Northernlurker, surgite at December 29, 2020 07:30 PM (lgiXo)

97 Mac users are hysterical. Watch.
Posted by: klaftern at December 29, 2020 07:23 PM

We prefer that word be retired.

Posted by: Dikshunary.com at December 29, 2020 07:30 PM (DMUuz)

98 79 Is there a cave and a creek, there?

the cave is a lie

Posted by: GLaDOS at December 29, 2020 07:30 PM (sGtp+)

99 Just got back from buying a few Mega Millions tickets on the advice of Anna Puma.

Cross my fingers that we win!

Posted by: ALH at December 29, 2020 07:30 PM (7DJtA)

100 we really need to deploy the Slow News Day Gorn.

... just sayin' ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 TRUMP WON! at December 29, 2020 07:30 PM (pmEbq)

101 My judges were harsh...but fair.

Posted by: Zombie Uncle Joe Stalin at December 29, 2020 07:30 PM (W4eKo)

102 How much fissh in cave creek, Precious?

Posted by: Gollum at December 29, 2020 07:31 PM (l3+k2)

103
A cave in Arizona sounds interesting. Reminds me of that movie about Gargoyles. I forget what the movie was.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 29, 2020 07:31 PM (+OPjz)

104
I am now done with hiding, so I will answer your question exactly: I am in Cave Creek.
Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:23 PM (RzGcW)

Ooh I love Cave Creek! My mom lives about 30 - 40 minutes due south of you, ne

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2020 07:31 PM (V2Yro)

105 86 - the rules as written don't mean a damn thing.

Posted by: Endeavor To Persevere at December 29, 2020 07:18 PM

Not true. They mean exactly what we want them to mean at any given time; no more, no less.

it is a question of who is the master, that is all.

Posted by: Tweedle Dee at December 29, 2020 07:32 PM (v3pYe)

106 and where it will go during the next monsoon.
Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:27 PM (RzGcW)

---------------

heh.

I'll never forget driving down a road, and coming across a sign that said, "do not enter when flooded." It was probably 110 out and I sort of scratched my head...until we got a rainstorm and, sure enough some bozo was floating away in their car because they'd ignored the sign.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at December 29, 2020 07:32 PM (WEBkv)

107 >>> election fraud committee creation?

O ffs, GOP is going to run point on the coup and then try to con the base back to the plantation with this garbage talk? If you want to fight fraud, seat the Trump electors, you lying backstabbing scum throated fraud.

If you want to eliminate fraud, McConnell, off yourself.

Posted by: Gilded at December 29, 2020 07:32 PM (BRkq2)

108 No chance.

Labeling someone a hacker is ok because the old fucks in the media, judiciary, and government barely use computers let alone understand them.

The media is addicted to their phones but the judiciary and government are about 40 years behind actual technology.

They have assistants and underlings for computer stuff.

Posted by: MJ at December 29, 2020 07:33 PM (gAMkn)

109 I am now done with hiding, so I will answer your question exactly: I am in Cave Creek.

Camped in McDowell Mountain campground a bunch of times. Really nice area, too hot for me though.

Posted by: dartist at December 29, 2020 07:33 PM (+ya+t)

110 Awesome. I want to hear that story when next we meet. It is indeed beautiful.

Hopefully sooner than you think. Trying to make plans to visit AZ next Spring.

Posted by: Jewells45TRUMPWON! at December 29, 2020 07:34 PM (nxdel)

111 Wow, thank god, Mitch is pushing for a committee on election fraud?? About time.

I mean, there aren't any election laws in most states, including the key ones this time, fraud is like this new concept that people don't understand, and a committee is vital if there isn't to be some rushed, ill-advised action.

Actually, I hope forming a committee isn't too aggressive, an over-reaction, at this point.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2020 07:34 PM (OTzUX)

112 They have assistants and underlings for computer stuff.
Posted by: MJ at December 29, 2020 07:33 PM (gAMkn)

*hic*

Yep.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 29, 2020 07:34 PM (PiwSw)

113
I'll never forget driving down a road, and coming across a sign that said, "do not enter when flooded." It was probably 110 out and I sort of scratched my head...until we got a rainstorm and, sure enough some bozo was floating away in their car because they'd ignored the sign.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at December 29, 2020 07:32 PM (WEBkv)

I'll never forget digital camera instructions that the camera should be turned off if it starts smoking.

Posted by: Northernlurker, surgite at December 29, 2020 07:34 PM (lgiXo)

114 The media is addicted to their phones but the judiciary and government are about 40 years behind actual technology.

Media doesn't know what the hell hacking is, either. Their phones are basically magic boxes, its why they love apple products: you don't have to know how anything works or do anything with them, just use them as the dude at the Apple Store hands them out.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:34 PM (KZzsI)

115 Laws? You don't need no steenking Laws! You have Government. Peons.

Posted by: tubal at December 29, 2020 07:34 PM (bCLt0)

116 Camped in McDowell Mountain

Spent many an evening there.

Posted by: Jewells45TRUMPWON! at December 29, 2020 07:35 PM (nxdel)

117 I always liked that song "Miller's Cave".

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 29, 2020 07:35 PM (R/m4+)

118 @108
You wanted: Truth and Justice.

You'd settle for: Bread and Circuses.
You'll get: The Aristocrats.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2020 07:35 PM (76AFv)

119

The stoopids in the media can barely function

they do not understand tech at all

Posted by: will choose a nic later at December 29, 2020 07:36 PM (r4bSV)

120 Theres some sort of cave south of here, carlsbad caverns I think they call it

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 29, 2020 07:36 PM (z3Wsk)

121 Has Tater ever explained why he is worthy of respect?

Posted by: Northernlurker, surgite at December 29, 2020 07:37 PM (lgiXo)

122 122 Has Tater ever explained why he is worthy of respect?
Posted by: Northernlurker, surgite at December 29, 2020 07:37 PM (lgiXo)

He combs his hair right.

Posted by: ALH at December 29, 2020 07:37 PM (7DJtA)

123 Camped in McDowell Mountain

Spent many an evening there.

One of the few paintings I was sorry I sold was of that mountain.

Posted by: dartist at December 29, 2020 07:38 PM (+ya+t)

124 Judge Beth Bloom dismissed the case Monday. Bloom said that the court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case because Isaac "fail[ed] to allege complete diversity," which means that all the plaintiffs and all the defendants must be from different states. Because Twitter is headquartered in Delaware and Isaac is a Delaware resident, the complete diversity requirement is not met, Bloom said.

Twitter is headquartered in Delaware?
Must be a surprise to all those people running the shop in California.

Posted by: Judge Pakalolo at December 29, 2020 07:38 PM (/Dgcm)

125 Wake up, grampa. Cuties is on.

Posted by: Arkansas Biden Baby-elect at December 29, 2020 07:38 PM (W4eKo)

126
...in yet another surprise verdict, 4,352 hackers in Oklahoma were found guilty of treason, for their role in the ongoing cybercrimes which resulted in eighty years of poor harvests. All of them were sentenced to ten years hard labor, either mining for gold in the Yukon, or trolling at AoS, for the feeble ones.

Posted by: NYT, 2100 AD at December 29, 2020 07:39 PM (Bvn1K)

127 Has Tater ever explained why he is worthy of respect?
Posted by: Northernlurker, surgite at December 29, 2020 07:37 PM (lgiXo)

He can swallow 43 hot dogs without chewing.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with extra America is DOOMED! at December 29, 2020 07:39 PM (L8ADy)

128 They really haven't felt any pain yet. None of the enemy has.

So much injustice raging across the land.

"Hear me now oh thou bleak and unbearable world,
Though art base and debauched as can be."

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2020 07:39 PM (H8QX8)

129 Diversity Jurisdiction is fundamental to rules of procedure.

I don't understand why this could happen.
Re Mac defamation suit.

Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2020 07:40 PM (Y274z)

130 113 I'll never forget digital camera instructions that the camera should be turned off if it starts smoking.

i thought the traditional punishment was to make it chain-smoke the whole pack.

Posted by: Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at December 29, 2020 07:40 PM (sGtp+)

131 The attempts in beginning were Hunter was hacked but that disappeared quickly, wonder why it's being thrown out there again.?

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2020 07:41 PM (Cxk7w)

132 I camped at McDowell Creek several times in my youth but that was in the Oregon Cascades, not Arizona. I think the only time I've been in Arizona was when I stepped over the line at the Four Corners from New Mexico at like age 3

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:41 PM (KZzsI)

133 ALH @ 122, I part my hair (what's left of it) on the left even though I'm right-handed. But I shoot just as good with my left hand as my right. So I'm a freak, right? Cause I'm ok with that.

Posted by: Eromero at December 29, 2020 07:41 PM (em79L)

134 Twitter is headquartered in Delaware?
Must be a surprise to all those people running the shop in California.
Posted by: Judge Pakalolo at December 29, 2020 07:38 PM (/Dgcm)

Incorporated there, I will bet. Many corporations are incorporated in Delaware and have a resident agent for service of process, etc.

Why? Delaware took the lead with corporation law back in the 19th century, much like Florida is the go-to state for condominium law.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy a Monotonous Languor, get an Enormous Ennui half off at The Outrage Outlet! at December 29, 2020 07:42 PM (0QYMt)

135 133 ALH @ 122, I part my hair (what's left of it) on the left even though I'm right-handed. But I shoot just as good with my left hand as my right. So I'm a freak, right? Cause I'm ok with that.
Posted by: Eromero at December 29, 2020 07:41 PM (em79L)

If you're okay with it, then I'm okay with it. Judgement free zone here.

Posted by: ALH at December 29, 2020 07:42 PM (7DJtA)

136 Diversity Jurisdiction is fundamental to rules of procedure.

Its pissant legal gatekeeping to make sure normies can't get through the system and have to hire lawyers. But a good lawyer should have known that, I agree.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:42 PM (KZzsI)

137 129 Diversity Jurisdiction is fundamental to rules of procedure.

I don't understand why this could happen.
Re Mac defamation suit.
Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2020 07:40 PM (Y274z)

Because the only lawyers he could find to take the suit were educated at community college.

Posted by: competence is important in a lawyer at December 29, 2020 07:43 PM (MZklI)

138 BIDEN KNEW:

Joe "Benedict Smallpox" Biden, two months before the Fauci Brand(tm) ChinaVirus was known:

Oct 25, 2019
We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores.

WHAT A TRANSPARENT LIAR.

COVID 19 WAS AN IN-KIND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM BEIJING TO BIDEN.

Plandemic? You bet!

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 29, 2020 07:43 PM (Ndje9)

139 106 AZ flash flood story. During WW2, some Kraut officers in an AZ POW camp planned an escape after looking at an atlas in the camp library. They built a folding boat with intention of taking the Salt River south to Mexico. They were being watched all the time, and when they got to the Salt River, they were highly disappointed. Wrong season. Lots of rocks. No water.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 29, 2020 07:43 PM (I58tH)

140 I remember watching "Cave Creek" at 6:30 on Sunday mornings on channel 63. Weird show. Those puppets creeped me out.

Posted by: f'd at December 29, 2020 07:43 PM (YI7Rg)

141 136 Diversity Jurisdiction is fundamental to rules of procedure.

Its pissant legal gatekeeping to make sure normies can't get through the system and have to hire lawyers. But a good lawyer should have known that, I agree.

Even bad lawyers should know this stuff.

That's just how utterly useless his legal representatives are and an indication of just how much pain Twitter's lawyers are going to inflict on him financially if he continues

Posted by: competence is important in a lawyer at December 29, 2020 07:44 PM (MZklI)

142 111 Wow, thank god, Mitch is pushing for a committee on election fraud?? About time.

I mean, there aren't any election laws in most states, including the key ones this time, fraud is like this new concept that people don't understand, and a committee is vital if there isn't to be some rushed, ill-advised action.

Actually, I hope forming a committee isn't too aggressive, an over-reaction, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2020 07:34 PM (OTzUX)

Either polls show Loeffler and Perdue behind by double digits, or the re-elect of one of Mitch's Bitches in '22 is getting iffy. Or one of the few corporate donors the GOP has left demanded some kabuki so he can offshore his assets under the radar over the next few months. Probably a corporate donor, the more I think about it.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat (Joe Biden Didn't Kill Himself at December 29, 2020 07:44 PM (puu6v)

143 Too many "conservative" people are thinking getting rid of sec 230 would be a good thing, instead of actually implementing it. Big tech would love nothing more than eliminate that anvil hanging over their heads.
Posted by: clutch cargo now with extra America is DOOMED! at December 29, 2020 07:27 PM (L8ADy)
---
That is exactly what GOP is. They are deep throating their oligarch masters and lying to the base that they are doing the opposite.

Posted by: Gilded at December 29, 2020 07:45 PM (BRkq2)

144 "They really haven't felt any pain yet. None of the enemy has.

rather the contrary, if anything ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 TRUMP WON! at December 29, 2020 07:45 PM (pmEbq)

145 134 Twitter is headquartered in Delaware?
Must be a surprise to all those people running the shop in California.
Posted by: Judge Pakalolo at December 29, 2020 07:38 PM (/Dgcm)

Incorporated there, I will bet. Many corporations are incorporated in Delaware and have a resident agent for service of process, etc.

It's literally a 10 second companies search to discover where to serve process.

That's how bad this dude's legal representatives are.

Posted by: competence is important in a lawyer at December 29, 2020 07:46 PM (MZklI)

146 Breaking news! I have conferred with Doctor ALH and we concur. Another round of Wild Turkey 101 for those of age and near beer for the younguns.

Posted by: Eromero at December 29, 2020 07:46 PM (em79L)

147 A committee on election fraud? Sure. It'll be staffed by Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse, Burr, Thune, Cornyn, Rubio, etc. It will kick itself around for a while, belabor whether it should issue subpoenas (before deciding not to) and ultimately conclude that there was no fraud.
Please. These people aren't on our side. They don't care. Don't fall for their kabuki show.

Posted by: Revenant at December 29, 2020 07:47 PM (//ATM)

148 So it can be re-filed again with the correct paperwork
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:11 PM (KZzsI)

Its a reach - Twitter has many places of operation in many states and countries - the judge took the simple direct route for federal courts - you can't engage someone from your home state and then searched and found that Twitter has an office there - haw haw! 'cause that is what state court is for, you peasant!

This poor schlub is going to have to find a district court elsewhere and then probably find he has 'no standing' or that he lived in that district once as a reincarnated raccoon or something and twitter has a lone office there somewhere...it all so much bullshit.

Posted by: Boswell at December 29, 2020 07:47 PM (w2LAm)

149 If there is diversity, it's simple to amend and refile. If there's no diversity, he needs to file in state court.
Posted by: LASue, Pres. Elect at December 29, 2020 07:13 PM (Ed8Zd)

Unless he can state a federal claim and have the case heard under federal question jurisdiction, which doesn't require diversity.

Nyah!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2020 07:48 PM (guGkK)

150 145 My Dad and Uncle had a small bakery in Ohio after WW2. Small shop, max 3 employees including Mom. Incorporated in Delaware.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 29, 2020 07:48 PM (I58tH)

151 These people aren't on our side.

Nope. We're on our own.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 29, 2020 07:48 PM (W4eKo)

152 Many corporations are "Delaware Corporation(s)". Has nothing to do with physical location. It's a money thing.

Posted by: klaftern at December 29, 2020 07:48 PM (RuIsu)

153 They will spend two years having hearings and nothing will happen.

Posted by: f'd at December 29, 2020 07:48 PM (YI7Rg)

154 I guess there's no sarcasm heavy-handed enough to not be misinterpreted in these comments. Thought I was laying it on thick enough (about a "committee" on election fraud).

Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2020 07:48 PM (OTzUX)

155 #124

Corporations can have TWO states of residence.
Their principal place of business (nerve center) and their state of incorporation if different.

Delaware is a favorite place to incorporate because of its business friendly environment.

YOU can't have two states to be sued in. Only your main home...That can be complicated but you HAVE to declare one state for residence purposes....and lawsuit purposes.

Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2020 07:48 PM (Y274z)

156 110 Hopefully sooner than you think. Trying to make plans to visit AZ next Spring.
Posted by: Jewells45TRUMPWON! at December 29, 2020 07:34 PM (nxdel)

Excellent! I am overdue for getting in touch with the two people who gave me contact info in Texas, but that should provide a pathway.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:49 PM (RzGcW)

157 ace, or cobs, go clean off #427 on the previous thread (KrmLv) ....

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 TRUMP WON! at December 29, 2020 07:49 PM (pmEbq)

158 Doesn't a corp the size of twatter have offices in every state?

Posted by: davidt at December 29, 2020 07:49 PM (l3+k2)

159 Why do people think it's ok to whistle in public? I'm on the ferry. Some douche wearing a Lakers stocking cap is whistling so poorly I can't even catch the tune.

He's lucky I'm not armed.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at December 29, 2020 07:50 PM (KK4kX)

160 Its a reach - Twitter has many places of operation in many states and countries - the judge took the simple direct route for federal courts - you can't engage someone from your home state and then searched and found that Twitter has an office there - haw haw! 'cause that is what state court is for, you peasant!

This doesn't mean "any office." A corporation has one domicile and that's what counts. If the plaintiff is a citizen of the state of incorporation OR the state of corporate domicile, then there's no diversity. Otherwise, there is.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2020 07:50 PM (guGkK)

161 nurse, I thought you always packed?

Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2020 07:50 PM (OTzUX)

162 Bi den was Senator from Delaware. Very friendly to credit card companies.

Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2020 07:50 PM (Y274z)

163
There cannot be secession, or going Galt. There can only be defeat of the Marxist dogshit political movement.

They will never leave you alone until they're crushed. Any geographical area or political function vacated will create a power vacuum to be occupied by someone or something -- ultimately the Chinese in this day and age.

Abandon California -- OK, Chinese colony.

Lincoln understood this. We can't just let things go. And obviously, the other side will not let us go while there is still money in our bank accounts and meat on our bones.

I'm not happy about it, but that's the way it is.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 29, 2020 07:51 PM (t5m5e)

164 147 A committee on election fraud? Sure. It'll be staffed by Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse, Burr, Thune, Cornyn, Rubio, etc. It will kick itself around for a while, belabor whether it should issue subpoenas (before deciding not to) and ultimately conclude that there was no fraud.
Please. These people aren't on our side. They don't care. Don't fall for their kabuki show.
Posted by: Revenant at December 29, 2020 07:47 PM (//ATM)

The solicitations to stop the fraud will be endless once the committee chair sends a stern letter to Dominion.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat (Joe Biden Didn't Kill Himself at December 29, 2020 07:51 PM (puu6v)

165 159 Why do people think it's ok to whistle in public? I'm on the ferry. Some douche wearing a Lakers stocking cap is whistling so poorly I can't even catch the tune.

He's lucky I'm not armed.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at December 29, 2020 07:50 PM (KK4kX)

What if it's Richard Halley's Fourth Concerto?

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:51 PM (RzGcW)

166 I'm sure the 450 pound diversity and inclusion judge will give this a fair hearing.

Posted by: MJ at December 29, 2020 07:51 PM (gAMkn)

167 Woah. From 21 points down, Miami now leads Oklahoma State 22-21 in the Cheez-It Chicks with Dicks Bowl.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at December 29, 2020 07:51 PM (sWM8x)

168 "No standing"

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, shotguns solve problems at December 29, 2020 07:51 PM (d1uFV)

169 Mitch used the Dominion Cheatware in his own election. I assume he's agreed to lose the Senate like Paul Ryan agreed to lose the House.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 29, 2020 07:51 PM (Ndje9)

170 Well as I understand diversity that then means he has 48 states to shop for a reasonable judge in. And like I said, this is a case that should attract a shark of a lawyer with the huge payout and publicity.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:52 PM (KZzsI)

171 JPM Issac needs to file in Hawaii.

The "judges" there would love the publicity and they could rail against President Trump ala Roland Freisler.

"You dirty old man, why do you keep fiddling with your trousers?"

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 29, 2020 07:52 PM (R/m4+)

172 Incorporated there, I will bet. Many corporations are incorporated in Delaware and have a resident agent for service of process, etc.

It's literally a 10 second companies search to discover where to serve process.

That's how bad this dude's legal representatives are.
Posted by: competence is important in a lawyer at December 29, 2020 07:46 PM (MZklI)

Yep, Delaware corp is really common. Mostly because it's a tax haven and lawsuits tend to get blown off. Most corporate lawyers MUST be well versed in Delaware corporate/business law. Every corporation I've been involved in was Delaware. Like Las Vegas weddings.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with extra America is DOOMED! at December 29, 2020 07:52 PM (L8ADy)

173 this may be something to watch

Thousands of Aspen Colorado residents are without heat after an 'intentional attack' on gas service lines in Aspen as temperatures are forecast to plunge to 2 degrees Tuesday night.

Posted by: will choose a nic later at December 29, 2020 07:52 PM (r4bSV)

174 rhomboid,
I have chosen to stop packing in downtown seattle. I couldn't possibly carry enough ammo to finish the job and get to safety.

I have my pepper spray and my taser though.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at December 29, 2020 07:53 PM (KK4kX)

175 YOU can't have two states to be sued in. Only your main home...That can be complicated but you HAVE to declare one state for residence purposes....and lawsuit purposes.
Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2020 07:48 PM (Y274z)

And that is what having the registered agent is for - it gives one address for service of process and other important mailed items. "Notice" is another legal thing that has to be met before your lawsuit can go forward. The defendant has to have legal notice, and mailing to the registered agent is the best way to achieve notice to a corporation which may have operations all over the place.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy a Monotonous Languor, get an Enormous Ennui half off at The Outrage Outlet! at December 29, 2020 07:53 PM (0QYMt)

176 Kemp would not have installed Dominion without Mitch's orders.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 29, 2020 07:54 PM (Ndje9)

177 Looked up the suit.

Brian Della Rocca is one of the lawyers.

from their website:
"Named by Super Lawyers as one of the best estate and tax attorneys in the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, Brian R. Della Rocca has built his career providing a straightforward approach to complex estate, trust, and tax issues"

Yeah this is the guy you get for a defamation suit against Twitter. Fuck me dead. How dumb is this guy.

Posted by: competence is important in a lawyer at December 29, 2020 07:54 PM (MZklI)

178 169 Mitch used the Dominion Cheatware in his own election. I assume he's agreed to lose the Senate like Paul Ryan agreed to lose the House.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 29, 2020 07:51 PM (Ndje9)

There are many layers there. One of them is that the Ryan flounce might have been the best enabler of all the things Trump got done during his first term.

Another suggests that Mitch is a pure uniparty/swamp guy. I'm not prepared to accept that part, because of his relentless judge confirmation factory.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:54 PM (RzGcW)

179 Uh-oh. Two point try was reversed, so it's 21-19 Oklahoma State.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at December 29, 2020 07:54 PM (sWM8x)

180 This guy can't afford a lawyer that understands the system.

That really determines who wins and who loses.

I hear it spoken of as a 'high dollar attorney' but what people really mean is an attorney that knows how to work the system to win.

Everything is set up that way. Either you know the system or you don't.

The Venn Diagram of people who know the system and people who are wealthy is a dot.

Posted by: MJ at December 29, 2020 07:54 PM (gAMkn)

181 Posted by: dartist at December 29, 2020 07:33

drtist, you getting snow. It's coming down heavy in Dixon. Drove thru a whiteout to Sterling t get my presciptions, well and booze since it looks like we will be snowed in. We are slated for 6-8" but if it doesn't slow down it will be more.

Posted by: Sigmund Farmer, part time psycho...wait add analyst at December 29, 2020 07:55 PM (/LM9B)

182 I have earnest money down on a little park model mobile home in AZ, closing in March. If the Retard Rapist manages to complete the coup, I'm really going to have second thoughts. Too close to two foreign borders, Mexico and California.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 29, 2020 07:55 PM (I58tH)

183 but bri said dominion is up and up

Posted by: vizzy at December 29, 2020 07:55 PM (R/9t3)

184 We concur with the AoSHQ amicus that the plaintiff lacks standing.

Conversely, Twitter has been granted a countersuit that we will file on its behalf that Plaintiff has besmirched the poor, innocent Twitter victim and Plaintiff is responsible for treble damages to Twitter's brand. Plaintiff, if lacking sufficient compensatory assets, must provide Defendant one male offspring or two female offspring or two attached testicles and his house.

Posted by: SCOTUS aka Robert's Court at December 29, 2020 07:55 PM (HhXSr)

185 Well as I understand diversity that then means he has 48 states to shop for a reasonable judge in. And like I said, this is a case that should attract a shark of a lawyer with the huge payout and publicity.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:52 PM (KZzsI)

That isn't true.

Where a case can be venued is very limited. It is usually where one of the defendants "resides" (for a corp., this is the corporate domicile or state of incorporation) or where the cause of action arose. Usually a plaintiff has just one or two options.

This principle is unrelated to diversity in a federal lawsuit, which will stop you before you even get to an analysis of proper venue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2020 07:55 PM (guGkK)

186 All of them were sentenced to ten years hard labor, either mining for gold in the Yukon, or trolling at AoS, for the feeble ones.
Posted by: NYT, 2100 AD at December 29, 2020 07:39 PM

Mr. Soros says we're bring light to the unenlightened.

Posted by: AoSHQTroll_10111001 at December 29, 2020 07:55 PM (DMUuz)

187 Splunge. Congratulations on returning to the United States from your previous location.

Celebrate by buying a new gun and walking out of the store on the same day!

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 29, 2020 07:56 PM (bzrNB)

188 Yeah this is the guy you get for a defamation suit against Twitter. Fuck me dead. How dumb is this guy.
Posted by: competence is important in a lawyer

He may be the 'gatekeeper'. The lawyer that interviews and weeds out the wannabes to find and retain the subject matter experts.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2020 07:56 PM (Rvt88)

189 159 Why do people think it's ok to whistle in public? I'm on the ferry. Some douche wearing a Lakers stocking cap is whistling so poorly I can't even catch the tune.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at December 29, 2020 07:50 PM (KK4kX)

I'm with you on that one Nurse! My hubby, 2 of his siblings, and his mom hum tunes - nothing you can recognize, just a hum over and over and over, tuneless, just over and over and over it's.....annoying.

Posted by: Russkilitlover at December 29, 2020 07:57 PM (99Nt9)

190 Why do people think it's ok to whistle in public? I'm on the ferry.
Some douche wearing a Lakers stocking cap is whistling so poorly I can't
even catch the tune.

I used to whistle at work and people would ask me what the fvck are you so happy about? Took me awhile to realize it irritates people, lol.

Posted by: dartist at December 29, 2020 07:57 PM (+ya+t)

191 After the Supreme Court rules, you can appeal to the Diversity Court. Wear your pink tutu and roller skates.

Posted by: klaftern at December 29, 2020 07:57 PM (RuIsu)

192 Place of incorporation is not the same as operational HQ. Could be he's running the Streisand Effect gambit, trying to bring attention to his case by any means. OTOH, that's a tough turd to chew for some attention.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 29, 2020 07:58 PM (k/STn)

193 "Thousands of Aspen Colorado residents are without heat after an
'intentional attack' on gas service lines in Aspen as temperatures are
forecast to plunge to 2 degrees Tuesday night."
An intentional attack on the infrastructure of a blue haven? Hmmm...

Posted by: davidt at December 29, 2020 07:58 PM (l3+k2)

194 "What if it's Richard Halley's Fourth Concerto?

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:51 PM (RzGcW) "

lol, this !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 TRUMP WON! at December 29, 2020 07:58 PM (pmEbq)

195 182 I have earnest money down on a little park model mobile home in AZ, closing in March. If the Retard Rapist manages to complete the coup, I'm really going to have second thoughts. Too close to two foreign borders, Mexico and California.
Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 29, 2020 07:55 PM (I58tH)

Now that I've driven through that area, I'd say that the part of California that is close to Arizona resembles the Bay Area about as much as Michelle Obama resembles Melania. I don't think Newsome has ever had a single thought about that part of his jurisdiction.

One humorous note: near Indio, there are a sh!tload of windmills. I would estimate that one in 15 was actually functioning.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 07:58 PM (RzGcW)

196 A real milestone
Philly just had 500th homicide of 2020

Posted by: SMOD at December 29, 2020 07:58 PM (X5CsJ)

197 You can only incorporate in one state.

In this case ...Delaware. Diversity for Mac is destroyed. He can sue in state court.

Plaintiff can add a Federal Question claim to his lawsuit if not time barred.

Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2020 07:59 PM (Y274z)

198 174 Nurse, you explained a while back for not packing the G42, and I understand. The pepper spray and taser gives you a chance to run. If you must use the taser, may I suggest a narrow gauge syringe and a parting gift of air bubbles in the carotid.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 29, 2020 08:00 PM (I58tH)

199 SMOD: "Philly just had 500th homicide of 2020"

Nah. The bullets and knifing were comorbidities. The actual, primary cause of death was Covid-19. I thought we went over this.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 29, 2020 08:01 PM (HhXSr)

200 187 Splunge. Congratulations on returning to the United States from your previous location.

Celebrate by buying a new gun and walking out of the store on the same day!
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 29, 2020 07:56 PM (bzrNB)

Oh, sure, like there will be one of those in stock. Still, I appreciate the congratulations.

Say, it's your card I've been carrying in my wallet since Texas. I will get in touch soon.

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 08:01 PM (RzGcW)

201 This doesn't mean "any office." A corporation has one domicile and that's what counts. If the plaintiff is a citizen of the state of incorporation OR the state of corporate domicile, then there's no diversity. Otherwise, there is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2020 07:50 PM (guGkK)

Yeah, this usually applies in contract law...both parties agree and stipulate where they can be sued for breach, libel, etc. and diversity is the issue typically that gets sorted out in the contract. A global entity can declare one state as its US incorporation state and have many other places as its operations, but then, if it they have precedent (ie contracts with clients) that suggest they require to be sued in their incorporation state, they are nullifying their claim to diversity...period, end of story. This happens all the fucking ass time.

If I were the IT guy, I'd try and find somewhere where Twitter suggested in a contract that all litigants use Delaware as the legal state when Twitter is being sued.

Posted by: Boswell at December 29, 2020 08:01 PM (w2LAm)

202 drtist, you getting snow. It's coming down heavy in Dixon. Drove thru a
whiteout to Sterling t get my presciptions, well and booze since it
looks like we will be snowed in. We are slated for 6-8" but if it
doesn't slow down it will be more.

Yep, we probably have 4"or 5" so far. I don't have to go out so it's no big deal for me.

Posted by: dartist at December 29, 2020 08:01 PM (+ya+t)

203 Mark Steyn is bringing it.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2020 08:02 PM (NpAcC)

204 #26

No. No diversity or Federal Questions then no civil suit in Federal court.

Sue in state court.

That probably sucks in Delaware because state court judges there are likely in pocket of corporations Incorporated there.

Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2020 08:02 PM (Y274z)

205 Saw that homicides were only up 37% nation-wide, I think. Surprised me. As did the major "market" %s - up, of course, but not by the amount I had been seeing reported.

Think it will still be a record increase in murder rate in our history.

Meh. So many murders and rapes and assaults from perps released for C19, or protected/released by "sanctuary" jurisdictions, all with zero consequences for those responsible, actually not even a peep from any quarter, society gets what it asks for.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2020 08:02 PM (OTzUX)

206 And the other lawyer who signed the suit is Wesley R. Harvin

https://www.harvinlegal.com/attorneys

"Wes Harvin Sr. has been practicing law in South Florida for over 40 years. His practice has focused mainly on estate planning, probate and trust litigation, and real estate development, closings and litigation."

A defamation powerhouse team.

Posted by: competence is important in a lawyer at December 29, 2020 08:02 PM (MZklI)

207 Stop whistling. It also annoys Teh Covids. Stay safe.

Posted by: A Scold of Karens at December 29, 2020 08:03 PM (W4eKo)

208 Where a case can be venued is very limited. It is usually where one of the defendants "resides" (for a corp., this is the corporate domicile or state of incorporation) or where the cause of action arose. Usually a plaintiff has just one or two options.

Jersey and San Francisco sound like poor choices, both for a reasonable judge.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 08:03 PM (KZzsI)

209 Not a good sign if his lawyer couldn't get even the basics right.

On the other hand, if I am on the jury, I would award the repairman Jack Dorsey's entire bank account and any current or future wives he may have.

Posted by: Thatch at December 29, 2020 08:04 PM (jpKvR)

210 But won't there be enormous social pressure to do things like court vindication for this computer guy once DOJ unveils their massive money laundering and tax indictment of Hunter and others?

(cue Vincent Price laughter here)

Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2020 08:05 PM (OTzUX)

211 This doesn't mean "any office." A corporation has one domicile and that's what counts. If the plaintiff is a citizen of the state of incorporation OR the state of corporate domicile, then there's no diversity. Otherwise, there is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2020 07:50 PM (guGkK)

Businesswiki does list 'domicile' as DE.
Physical presence is apparently irrelevant for a corporation.

Twitter itself claims to headquartered in California.

When Judge Bloom said, "Because Twitter is headquartered in Delaware and Isaac is a Delaware resident, the complete diversity requirement is not met" she was wrong.
Or, more likely, the reporter was not actually quoting the judge.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 29, 2020 08:05 PM (/Dgcm)

212 Saw that homicides were only up 37% nation-wide, I think. Surprised me. As did the major "market" %s - up, of course, but not by the amount I had been seeing reported.

--

I'd like to know child and spouse abuse numbers. Not deaths, although that too, but mostly just beating the sh*t out of people you live with and are forced to be around during martial law data.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pro-mask study again accidentally confirms that masks are just magic talismans at December 29, 2020 08:06 PM (44/1o)

213 Assuming Twitter is a DE corporation (which is what alleged), Twitter is a citizen of DE and wherever it has its principal place of business. So it's possible there could still be diversity jurisdiction in another a federal district court in another state, depending on where Twitter's principal place of business is.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 29, 2020 08:07 PM (H5knJ)

214 Yeah, this usually applies in contract law...both parties agree and stipulate where they can be sued for breach, libel, etc. and diversity is the issue typically that gets sorted out in the contract.

Not true. It is well-established in federal law that the parties cannot consent to federal jurisdiction where none otherwise exists.

They can consent to venue and choice of law, but that's different.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2020 08:07 PM (guGkK)

215 And the other lawyer who signed the suit is Wesley R. Harvin

Should bring John Wesley Hardin and let him handle it all from the shoulder holster.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 08:07 PM (KZzsI)

216 195 Splunge, that Yuma area has to be one of the most rapidly changing parts of the country. When in the Corps and on deployment to MCAS in the early 70s, it was pretty much a sleepy desert town depending on the air station and orange groves. When out there in October this year, worst surface street traffic I've ever been in. When shopping for the trailer out in Wellton, I noticed a lot more people than other times I've been there. Motel manager said in addition to the usual snowbirds, CA refugees from the wildfires.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 29, 2020 08:08 PM (I58tH)

217 I've heard that Federal court civil suits are only 2% of state courts.

Don't know if true.

Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2020 08:09 PM (Y274z)

218 No loitering, either.

Posted by: Gilded at December 29, 2020 08:10 PM (BRkq2)

219 Is whistling racist or sexist? I have reports to fill out.

Posted by: klaftern at December 29, 2020 08:10 PM (RuIsu)

220 Do I get credit for dating a tranny for fist bumping Lindsey? It's all he can muster. I've tried.

(Sorry I missed the thread)

Posted by: president select kamala at December 29, 2020 08:11 PM (BRkq2)

221 Ruskilitlover, I hum a tune all the time too, maybe an Asperger thing. Generally Love Is A Battlefield by Joan Jett, sometimes it's A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, but since Sunday night it's Be Still My Soul.

Posted by: Eromero at December 29, 2020 08:12 PM (em79L)

222 "Is whistling racist or sexist? I have reports to fill out."

Wolf or Dixie?

Posted by: f'd at December 29, 2020 08:12 PM (YI7Rg)

223 Re: whistling in public

The ones that irritate me are the men - and it's always men - who will do constant elaborate trilling because they believe they are a bluebird on the shoulder of the other customers in the bread aisle and that people around them are impressed by them doing something that most people use to call their dogs.

I have no problem with folks doing it, but I don't want to listen to your performance. I don't want to hear you singing to any measurable degree, either.

All of this applies only to grown ups, btw. Little kids can whistle and sing in public all they want because it makes the world a better place.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pro-mask study again accidentally confirms that masks are just magic talismans at December 29, 2020 08:12 PM (44/1o)

224 Love Is A Battlefield by Joan Jett,

Pat Benetar

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy a Monotonous Languor, get an Enormous Ennui half off at The Outrage Outlet! at December 29, 2020 08:13 PM (0QYMt)

225 Splunge

There will be something in stock. The cost is the question. Remember it's America now

I'll meet you late February early March at Gunsite School just up the road from your new home for a refresher Class

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 29, 2020 08:13 PM (bzrNB)

226 Robbie all those are waaaay up too. Gave up following any of this a few months back, but as expected all of those domestic abuse and suicide problems were skyrocketing.

But it's OK. All of these policies have had ..... no measurable impact, on anything to do with the virus. Of course. Just as history and actual science predicted.

But tens of millions are still being abused with them, and there is no end in sight.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2020 08:13 PM (OTzUX)

227 #178
Sam Kinison had the best fuck me dead skit.

He would lay face down on the stage , play dead, and scream and flop around as he pretended he was being ass raped.

Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2020 08:16 PM (Y274z)

228 "Is whistling racist or sexist? I have reports to fill out."

=====

Wolf or Dixie?
Posted by: f'd at December 29, 2020 08:12 PM

It is entirely possible to embrace and. I just tried.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 29, 2020 08:17 PM (DMUuz)

229 "John Wesley Hardin was a friend of the poor
he traveled with a gun in every hand ... "

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 TRUMP WON! at December 29, 2020 08:17 PM (pmEbq)

230 nood

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Pro-mask study again accidentally confirms that masks are just magic talismans at December 29, 2020 08:19 PM (44/1o)

231 Come on. No serious person can possibly think this is going anywhere.

You're telling me he was legally "harmed" by a casual, indirect reference to information related to him as "hacked" ?

Utter bullshit. There is no real law against lying anywhere, unless you're talking to the FBI, in court, or the police. For Twitter to be somehow liable for something, they would first have to know that this material was NOT hacked, which they certainly did not, AND their having labelled this info as "hacked" would have to measurably harm the guy beyond just the fact that he was the center of a media and political firestorm. I put the chances of this going anywhere at less than absolute zero.

Posted by: deadrody at December 29, 2020 08:20 PM (/jrmI)

232 Mikey @ 224- I'm on my second double Wild Turkey 101. Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, both ok.

Posted by: Eromero at December 29, 2020 08:20 PM (em79L)

233 Ok, now I remember. I was whistling Traffic: Empty Pages. Not sure what the penalty is for that.

Karen will let me know.

Might be three Hail Marty's.

Posted by: klaftern at December 29, 2020 08:21 PM (RuIsu)

234 as a chronic tuneless whistler, I'm'a start doing it in public just to piss off alla you wrapped-too-tight honkey mofuks.

talk about first world problems, jeebus ...
and if you try to shoot me remember I am carrying, too, so give it your best fucken try.

*spits, starts whistling tunelessly*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 TRUMP WON! at December 29, 2020 08:22 PM (pmEbq)

235 Meanwhile, keep in mind that despite the fact that we all know the Hunter Biden story is true does not mean a damn thing. Twitter labelling it "hacked" doesn't even necessarily imply this guy DID the hacking. In leftist fevered imaginations, the entire contents of the laptop could have been "hacked" by Russians and then planted with this guy or Guiliani, or whatever. The fact that Twitter called it "hacked", in reality, is legally irrelevant information.

Posted by: deadrody at December 29, 2020 08:29 PM (/jrmI)

236 BREAKING: Nashville Bomber died from COVID-19 shortly after blowing himself up.

Posted by: SMOD at December 29, 2020 08:40 PM (X5CsJ)

237 225 I'll meet you late February early March at Gunsite School just up the road from your new home for a refresher Class
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 29, 2020 08:13 PM (bzrNB)

Sounds like Prescott. Great, see you then.

Posted by: Boston Dynamics at December 29, 2020 08:45 PM (RzGcW)

238 /robot sock off

Posted by: Splunge at December 29, 2020 08:46 PM (RzGcW)

239 BREAKING: Nashville Bomber died from COVID-19 shortly after blowing himself up.
Posted by: SMOD at December 29, 2020 08:40 PM (X5CsJ)

There is no evidence that he was alive when the bomb went off --> COVID

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 29, 2020 08:49 PM (/Dgcm)

240 $500 Million???? Not enough!!!

Posted by: MrObvious at December 29, 2020 09:21 PM (k+h+d)

241 Judge Beth Bloom dismissed the case Monday. Bloom said that the court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case because Isaac "fail[ed] to allege complete diversity," which means that all the plaintiffs and all the defendants must be from different states. Because Twitter is headquartered in Delaware and Isaac is a Delaware resident, the complete diversity requirement is not met, Bloom said.

So it can be re-filed again with the correct paperwork
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2020 07:11 PM (KZzsI)

They have a post office box and a courier service who checks it every two weeks?

Posted by: Fox2! at December 29, 2020 09:38 PM (qyH+l)

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